Milestones Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 It is now 65 years since the debut of The Twilight Zone. My interest is almost entirely with the original series, which is one of the great classics of TV. I am curious as to which actors who appeared on the show are still alive. Offhand, I can only think of Jean Marsh (age 90), Robert Redford (well into his 80s), and two child actors: Bill Mumy and Ron Howard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 I'd say Shatner, Takei and Veronica Cartwright just off the top of my head. I was named after Serling - and the debut episode was on my first birthday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 Robert Duvall, too. Earl Holliman, 96, is also still around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 (edited) I think Shelley Fabares is still alive... (I had to check if Lloyd Bochner and Cliff Robertson were still alive. They're not). Edited September 20 by rostasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted September 20 Author Report Share Posted September 20 I was certainly working off the top of my head. Yes, Captain Kirk (pre-Captain Kirk). And Takei from a little-seen episode, though IMO a good one. Holliman...from the first episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 4 minutes ago, Milestones said: And Takei from a little-seen episode, though IMO a good one. It is a good one, though quite shocking and upsetting in some ways. Very thought-provoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted September 20 Author Report Share Posted September 20 Two more: Vera Miles (95) Carol Burnett (91) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 Which episode is Takei in? I know I could go searching but ... please enlighten me cause its not ringing bells and "little seen" whets my curiosity a little more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted September 20 Author Report Share Posted September 20 "The Encounter" from the 5th season and very near the end. It deals with racism as Takei plays a Japanese-American encountering a WW2 vet. It's about our tendency to automatically hate. Takei and Neville Brand are the sole actors in this episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 I assume that all of the composers have died, though there are a few I would need to look up to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvopedz Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 27 minutes ago, Milestones said: "The Encounter" from the 5th season and very near the end. It deals with racism as Takei plays a Japanese-American encountering a WW2 vet. It's about our tendency to automatically hate. Takei and his family were placed in a camp for Japanese-Americans during WWII. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/12/04/george-takeis-familys-japanese-american-internment-nightmare/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 2 hours ago, B. Clugston said: Robert Duvall, too. Earl Holliman, 96, is also still around. And Earl stars in the first episode! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 Here are the 19 composers who composed original scores for The Twilight Zone, followed by the number of episodes they scored. All are gone. Tommy Morgan made it to 2022, and Henri Lanoe, whom I never heard of, died this year. Nathan Van Cleave (12) Bernard Herrmann (7) Jerry Goldsmith (7) Fred Steiner (7) Rene Garriguenc (4) Tommy Morgan (3) Jeff Alexander (2) Lucien Moraweck (2) Nathan Scott (2) Leonard Rosenman (1) Robert Drasnin (1) Franz Waxman (1) Leith Stevens (1) Lyn Murray (1) Wilbur Hatch (1) William Lava (1) Richard Shores (1) Henri Lanoe (1) Laurindo Almeida (1) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted September 20 Author Report Share Posted September 20 You are quite the authority. I have studied The Twilight Zone extensively, but my knowledge on the music scores is nothing compared to yours. As in so many others areas, the music on the show was high quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 20 Report Share Posted September 20 7 minutes ago, Milestones said: You are quite the authority. I have studied The Twilight Zone extensively, but my knowledge on the music scores is nothing compared to yours. As in so many others areas, the music on the show was high quality. Well, there was some copying and pasting going on, so I don't think that makes me an authority. But, I do have the 4-CD set of TZ music (original recordings), along with the 2-CD set of Herrmann's scores (re-recordings), so yes, I have immersed myself in this music, as I have with the show. I agree that TZ had some of the best music ever composed for television, and it was my introduction to several of these composers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 Coincidentally (although, given the subject, are there really any coincidences?), a statue of Rod Serling was just unveiled in Binghamton, NY, his hometown: https://wrrv.com/rod-serling-binghamton/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 Do you recall the episode Laurindo Almeida worked on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 8 hours ago, GA Russell said: Do you recall the episode Laurindo Almeida worked on? It takes place in Mexico, and IIRC uses a lot of Spanish guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 I got to hear Rod Serling in person at Tulane in 1974, the year before his premature death. It was a memorable evening and he had a great sense of humor, although one of the funniest things was his reaction to the audience’s response to his opening “Good evening.” I have the Zicree book, his daughter’s memoir and all five seasons of The Twilight Zone on DVD. I pass on the attempted reboots due to their bad rewriting and the lack of his presence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 8 hours ago, GA Russell said: Do you recall the episode Laurindo Almeida worked on? It was on "The Gift" from Season 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 For as much as I've watched this show, and for as long as I've watched this show, I still occasionally stumble across an episode I've never seen before. It's like they are still being produced in the 4th dimension and secretly delivered to the Syfy channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted September 21 Report Share Posted September 21 6 hours ago, rostasi said: It was on "The Gift" from Season 3. Thanks rostasi! I'll look at Wikipedia for it. 7 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said: It takes place in Mexico, and IIRC uses a lot of Spanish guitar. Thanks TTK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 Somewhat off topic, but Serling wrote the screenplay for "Seven Days in May," a wonderful movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 His writing for Planet of the Apes really made the movie the shocking success it was back in '68. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted September 24 Report Share Posted September 24 IIRC in the '50s he was known as a "serious" writer of such tv productions as "Requiem for a Heavy Weight" and "Patterns" (both I think originally on "Studio One"). He's also the screenwriter for the fairly bad "Assault on a Queen" which I've studied because of the (butchered) score by Ellington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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